7th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 7
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| extraneous | Unnecessary to the matter at hand. | A well-written paragraph includes essential information and leaves out extraneous details. | irrelevant, superfluous, supplemental | essential, relevant, integral | Adjective |
| abandoned | To be deserted by an owner. | The abandoned car on the side of the road had two flat tires and had to be towed away. | forsaken, discarded, left | adopted, cherished, kept | Adjective |
| competitive | Being in contentious opposition with someone or something. | The race was very competitive as runners kept passing one another until the end. | cutthroat, ambitious, combative | relaxed, apathetic, lazy | Adjective |
| unbiased | To be without favoritism or prejudice. | A good judge maintains an open mind and remains unbiased. | impartial, equal, neutral | unfair, unjust, discriminatory | Adjective |
| advocacy | The active support of a cause. | Her advocacy for pet adoption inspired her friends to adopt cats from the shelter. | backing, advancement, promotion | discouragement, opposition, protest | Noun |
| delve | To take an in-depth look into a subject. | Once he saw the magician make things disappear, he began to delve into magic himself. | inquire, investigate, examine | ignore, pass, disregard | Verb |
| everlasting | Continuing indefinitely. | Romeo pledged his everlasting love to Juliet. | infinite, eternal, perpetual | finite, temporary, fleeting | Adjective |
| exonerate | To clear from blame. | The DNA evidence will exonerate the woman by proving she did not commit the crime. | acquit, vindicate, pardon | condemn, convict, incriminate | Verb |
| inflection | The act of changing one's tone or volume of voice. | The presenter spoke with no inflection, which made the students sleepy. | pronunciation, articulation, emphasis | monotone, flat, uniformity | Noun |
| charlatan | A con artist. | That man is a charlatan; he's not a real doctor! | cheater, swindler, crook | hero, savior, champion | Noun |
| orchestrate | To organize something to happen. | She attempted to orchestrate the biggest comic book conference in the world. | coordinate, arrange, synthesize | confuse, separate, disconnect | Verb |
| precipitate | To bring something about, often unwanted, in an abrupt manner. | Multiple absences may precipitate being assigned extra homework. | expedite, hasten, hurl | block, halt, stop | Verb |
| skewed | Deviated away from normal or accurate. | His dislike of cold weather skewed his opinion about traveling to Alaska. | tilted, angled, lopsided | straightforward, direct, true | Adjective |
| yearn | To persistently want something. | I yearn to have a dog, although I am allergic to them. | crave, desire, pine | despise, hate, loathe | Verb |
| retract | To take back or withdraw. | The newspaper had to retract its article once it learned the information it published was incorrect. | recant, disavow, reverse | agree, promote, advocate | Verb |
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